Schools and Health Our Nation's Investment (1997) / Chapter Skim
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7 The Path to the Future
7 The Path to the Future
Pages 296-302
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Of the four major "systems of influence" cited family, friends or peers, school, and community the school is the only one that is an organized public institution, amenable to being restructured and mobilized to promote societal goals. Schooling is the only universal entitlement for children in this country, and schools are the only institution that allows access on a daily basis to almost all children between the ages of 5 and 17 in the nation.
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MOVING SCHOOL HEALTH PROGRAMS INTO THE FUTURE As stated above, schooling is the only universal entitlement for children in this country, and schools are the only institution that allows access on a daily basis to children between the ages of 5 and 17. The committee believes that as a part of this educational entitlement, students should receive the health-related programs and services necessary for them to derive maximum benefit from their education and enable them to become healthy and productive adults.
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, and the program conducted by the Baltimore City Health Department, both of which have negotiated with managed care plans to support the delivery of school-based services. As described in Chapter 4, the Florida legislature has added provisions to the insurance code allowing school districts to become large grouping mechanisms for the purchase of health coverage for students and their families.
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As a basis for preparing the Bright Futures guidelines, the study participants adopted the following Children's Health Charter shown in Box 7-1. The committee believes that this document represents a consensus view of what we owe to our children and young people; the committee also suggests that a comprehensive school health program can make a critical contribution to achieving each of the charter's goals.
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Some observers have suggested that the term "coordinated school health program" might give a better sense of the interdisciplinary and interagency collaboration required. Although the term comprehensive school health program seems firmly entrenched in the vocabulary of those close to these programs, the question remains of whether a different name would give a better sense of the true nature of these programs and more readily capture the attention from the general public that these programs deserve.
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1995. School-based health centers and managed care health plans: Partners in primary care.
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